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All Blacks star Jordie Barrett was left with a “sick feeling” after a Hurricanes teammate faced another lengthy injury layoff. Flyhalf Brett Cameron was stretchered off in the second half of the Hurricanes’ 52-10 Super Rugby Pacific hammering of Moana Pasifika on Friday night, with coach Clark Laidlaw conceding “it didn’t look good” for the […]

France coach Fabien Galthie insists Italy are capable of winning the Six Nations ahead of their meeting in Lille on Sunday. Gonzalo Quesada’s team have impressed in the tournament this season, first edging out Scotland 18-15 in a drenched Rome before putting the wind up Ireland in Dublin a week ago before eventually succumbing to

The Vodacom Bulls got the workout they were after, as they narrowly beat the Boland Cavaliers in a friendly in Wellington on Friday. Johan Ackermann’s men emerged with a hard-fought 31-24 win at Boland Stadium, and in the bigger picture, it was exactly what the Bulls needed. More important than the scoreline is the fact

Josh Neill delivered another Man of the Match performance to inspire Ireland U20 to a statement comeback victory over England at The Rec in the U20 Six Nations. The loose forward represented Rondebosch Boys’ High, Western Province U18 and SA U18 last year before joining Leinster’s academy. He has an Irish passport through his grandparents.

NSW Waratahs coach Dan McKellar praised Wallabies winger Max Jorgensen after his sensational try against the Fijian Drua on Friday. The 21-year-old lit up the Sydney Football Stadium on Friday evening with a special solo effort that turned a frenetic Super Rugby Pacific match against the Drua in the Waratahs’ favour just before half-time when

Wales captain Dewi Lake has urged long-suffering home fans to spur his struggling side on against Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday. Lake’s men were thrashed 54-12 by France at the Millennium Stadium last weekend, with Wales’ 13th successive Six Nations defeat witnessed by just 57,744 fans in a venue with a capacity of 74,500. It

One of South Africa’s most feared competitors has officially joined the Monster Energy family. Rugby World Cup winner. 117-Test Springbok. Scrum destroyer. Cultural icon. Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira, a pillar of the South Africa national rugby union team and a key force in the historic 2019 Rugby World Cup victory, has signed on as a

Munster have confirmed the signing of a Springbok hooker on a two-year contract. Marnus van der Merwe will leave Welsh club the Scarlets at the end of the season, with the Munster deal subject to a valid work permit being granted. The powerful and abrasive 29-year-old marked his Test debut with two tries against Georgia

France coach Fabien Galthie has recalled two hulking locks for Sunday’s Six Nations clash against Italy in Paris. Galthie has opted to start Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou ahead of Mickael Guillard and Charles Ollivon who had been the starting second row for France’s first two matches – thumping victories against Ireland and Wales. However,

Centres Ethan Adams and Markus Muller will start for the Junior Springboks in the first of two meetings against Georgia in Tbilisi on Sunday. The team will be captained by Riley Norton, who lifted the World Rugby U20 Championship in Italy last year. He will partner Heinrich Theron in the second row, packing down behind a